In a wefare society, druggies — and that includes recreational users of marijuana, who are morons — end up gravitating toward welfare subsistence. See the UK and Netherlands for excellent examples. We ain’t seen nothin’ yet in the USA if we legalize pot or other drugs.

All the people insisting that that’s not what happens here now have a partial point — because marijuana is illegal, and is properly despised by responsible citizens; i.e., the ones who work, make sacrifices, and take care of themselves.

No one should be able to do pot or any other drug and be on welfare. Today, that’s at least illegal, although it does happen all the time. A welfare society is signing its death warrant to legalize drugs and pretend they’re no big deal. No one can handle being a regular drug user, not even of marijuana. The worst thing we could do is subsidize people in a lifestyle that would kill their initiative and self-respect.

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Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:16:58 +0000http://hotair.com/headlines/?p=231092#comment-2205320I say legalize it and it should be the conservative opinion. Here is why…

(1)It will save tax money by not spending valuable law enforcement resources trying to stop marijuana and paying for the incarceration of users and dealers.

(2)It will be good for certain local economies by allowing farmers to plant marijuana to sell and it can be taxed. Taxing is not conservative but at least it will become a net positive to debt problems in states instead a net negative as it is now.

(3)It will reduce the power of Mexican cartels and at least reduce the border crossings of drug runners of marijuana (yes other drugs will still be a problem). Why have American money fly over to Mexico, when it can be kept at home in America?

I had pot enthusiasts college friends that were always inviting me to smoke with them, and I did, for laughs. I must have done it fifty times and it NEVER gave me a noticeable buzz. I know I’m the exception, but I wonder what the deal is with that.

michaelthomas on November 30, 2012 at 12:11 PM

You’re not the exception. I believe that pot highs are largely psychological. Like most users potheads come to LOVE the process of getting high. If you are not mentally oriented to recognize the “buzz” it may pass you by. You may just go to sleep.

That being said the THC content of modern-marijuana is changing all of that. Medicinal production yields high THC and they seem to be breeding different strains to treat different ailments and conditions. In some ways I wonder if the push for purer, more-effective forms of THC might benefit society.

Maybe it is a gateway drug. Perhaps it’s a gateway to newer forms of treatment of psychosis, memory-loss, Alzheimer’s, Cancer, etc. It might be nice to have lots of scientists at work on this rather than backyard farmers.

The devastating effects of long-term alcohol use are well-documented. Explain the difference between these two intoxicants. Account for the different laws surrounding each substance.

If you’re wondering. I used to like beer. I think I still do. But I don’t drink enough to know. I don’t smoke. I don’t do drugs narcotics. I am however, likely addicted to caffeine. Those are my biases.

I had pot enthusiasts college friends that were always inviting me to smoke with them, and I did, for laughs. I must have done it fifty times and it NEVER gave me a noticeable buzz. I know I’m the exception, but I wonder what the deal is with that.

Frankly I’m almost at the point of letting people have what they think they want, then trying to rally those who find out what they thought they wanted was horrible and they must stand against it. If even conservatives won’t stand against drug use, trying to fight it via law enforcement is hopeless.